This is an analysis of Guns At The Front by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Man, simple and brave, easily confiding,
Giving his all, glad of the sun's sweetness,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXa caac bddX effe dXXd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011100010 1001100110 1010010010000 10101011010 1011111111 1101011110 1111001110 111110101 101001010010 10101011110 1001101111010 10100101100 1010101101 10101010010 11110101010 0101010101 11010111111 1000110011100 0101010111000 0011010010011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

and, but, nothing

Anaphora

he

Epiphora

them, in